Holaspis laevis Werner, 1895

Conradie, Werner, Bittencourt-Silva, Gabriela B., Engelbrecht, Hanlie M., Loader, Simon P., Menegon, Michele, Nanvonamuquitxo, Cristovao, Scott, Michael & Tolley, Krystal A., 2016, Exploration into the hidden world of Mozambique's sky island forests: new discoveries of reptiles and amphibians, Zoosystematics and Evolution 92 (2), pp. 163-180 : 171

Holaspis laevis Werner, 1895

Material

Mt. Mabu ( PEM R21145 , male, 48.8 mm SVL; PEM R21146 , male, 48.0 mm SVL) .

Comments

Found on tree trunks in transitional miombo woodland at lower slopes (Fig. 4E ). This secretive species is only known from Amatongas, in central Mozambique ( Cotts 1934) and numerous unpublished records from other localities in Mozambique: Marromeu area (Branch pers. obs. in Branch 2000), Moebase (Branch pers. obs. in Branch 2000), Cavalo near Gorongosa Mountain (Broadley pers. obs in Branch 2000), Dondo Inhamitanga Forests (Broadley pers. obs. in Branch 2000), Quiterajo (Conradie pers. obs.), Italthai (Verburgt pers. obs.), and Palma (Verburgt pers. obs.). It has also been recorded from southern Malawi from the Ruo River Gorge ( Branch and Cunningham 2006).

Figures

Figure 4. A selection of reptiles from northern Mozambique inselbergs. A - Nadzikambia baylissi (Mt. Namuli, PEM R 21165), B - Rhampholeon tilburyi (Mt. Namuli, PEM R 21157), C - Rhampholeon sp. (Mt. M'paluwe, PEM R 21209), D - Lygodactylus cf. rex (Mt. Mabu, PEM R 21147), E - Holaspis laevis (Mt. Mabu, PEM R 21146), F - Dipsadoboa cf. shrevei shrevei (Mt. Mabu, PEM R 21123), G - Duberria shirana (Mt. Namuli, PEM R 21184), H - Psammophylax variabilis (Mt. Namuli, PEM R 21186).